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Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially ...
NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges.
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US tests super nuclear reactor steel at 1112°F in push for future fusion power
Bombarding steel samples. To address this, researchers have been developing a type of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic ...
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Inside NASA's development of nuclear power on the moon
According to a recent directive from acting administrator Sean Duffy, the space agency will launch a nuclear reactor to the moon by 2030.
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Indian Point nuclear power plant's teardown: A rare look behind the scenes
The USA TODAY Network toured the shuttered Indian Point nuclear power plant and got a rare look inside a reactor that shut down 50 years ago.
A look inside a lab making the advanced fuel to power growing US nuclear energy ambitions
The United States is chasing a new age of nuclear power that banks on domestic production of reactor fuel like X-energy is ...
Radioactive wasp nests have been found near former nuclear weapons production site
Several radioactive wasp nests have been found in South Carolina at a site that used to produce parts for nuclear weapons, ...
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How the world’s nuclear watchdog monitors facilities globally – and what it means that Iran kicked it out | The Conversation
Inspectors are chemists, physicists and nuclear engineers. They count spent fuel ... With IAEA access suspended, it won’t be possible to see what happens inside the facility. Can the reactor be ...